Croatia sacrifices its sovereignty and says goodbye to its national currency.

🇪🇺Christine Lagarde: I am delighted to welcome Croatia as the 20th member of the eurozone! My compliments to the Croatian central bank @HNB_HR and Governor Boris Vujcic for all the hard work in preparing for the transition to the euro. It's a great start to 2023.

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Israel's newly sworn-in Foreign Minister Eli Cohen refused to comment on the Ukrainian demand for defensive weapons from Israel. While he noted that "significant humanitarian assistance" to Ukraine will continue, he said that "on the Russia-Ukraine issue, we will do one thing for certain – speak less publicly."

That statement was condemned by top U.S. Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, who wrote on Twitter that "The idea that Israel should speak less about Russia’s criminal invasion of Ukraine is a bit unnerving." Graham is known as a strong supporter of Israel.

However Cohen also said that he has spoken to the U.S. ambassador to Israel Tom Nides. "At the top of our priorities is our strategic relationship with our closest ally, the United States. There is no substitute for Israel-U.S. relations," he said.

In a far-reaching first address, the Likud lawmaker said that he will speak to his Russian counterpart, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, on Tuesday.

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov called Cohen, to congratulate him on his new role on Tuesday. The foreign ministers discussed bilateral and regional issues, including Russia's role in Syria and the ongoing war in Ukraine.

During their conversation, Lavrov reiterated Russia's willingness to be involved in a peace process with the Palestinians. He also emphasized Moscow's "position in favor of normalizing the situation in Syria by political and diplomatic means while respecting its sovereignty and territorial integrity, and the need to eliminate the terrorist threat in that country," a statement from Russia's Foreign Ministry said.

According to Israel's Foreign Ministry, during the phone call between ministers, Cohen referred extensively to the Jewish community in Russia and to former Soviet immigrants in Israel and their importance to relations between the countries.

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🔥Russian strike on the ice arena and nearby hotel infrastructure in Druzhkivka in the Kramatorsk district of Ukraine’s Donetsk region was caught on live camera on the French TV.

According to Russian telegram channels, the strike targeted Ukrainian troops hosted near ice arena, calling it a “retaliation” to the HIMARS strike on Makiivka, that killed at least 63 Russian troops.

Russia hasn’t officially commented on the strikes. Ukrainian authorities said that the Russian attack on Druzhkivka left two people injured.

Some commenters note that escalation of the past few days, with both sides effectively attacking each other’s military infrastructure and personnel, could be a sign of desperation among political elites both in Kyiv and Moscow.

❗The consequences of the Russian missile strike on the 'Altair' ice arena in Druzhkivka

The story of AFU personnel being stationed there is confirmed.

The footage shows a huge number of burnt mattresses.

💥Source: ANNA-NEWS
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Training of Ukrainian nationalist battalions

'All these 8 years, Donbass civilians have suffered not only from the shelling, but also from neo-Nazis and their crimes, like looting and murder, the cruellest abuse of the people... The same goes for Mariupol'. Political observer Aleksandr Asafov says that nationalist battalions fighters don't care about civilians, they just use them as means to achieve their goals as 'Ukraine defenders'.

At the beginning of the Donbass conflict nationalist battalions were just for volunteers but then they became a part of regular Ukrainian army. Watch where Aidar battalion fighters were trained in our video.

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Previous strikes on airfields by the AFU and statements by Podolyak and Arestovich about Ukraine's readiness to attack Moscow and Siberia allow us to draw some conclusions.

The Kiev regime led by Washington is feverishly looking for ways and means to shift the war to Russian territory.

What do they have for that?

▪️They have converted Soviet Tu-141 "Strizh" drones with a range of up to 1000 km. By the way, electronic "brains" for them are likely coming from the USA.

▪️ They have U.S. HIMARS rocket launchers capable of launching MGM-140 ATACMS ballistic missiles.

(These are seemingly absent in Ukraine. However, they are available in the Baltics and Poland, which means the Ukrainians can get them. And there will be no one to blame. Officially they are not supplied as a complete set.)

▪️ And lastly - the development of the 9K714 Oka missile defense system continues at Yuzhmash. With the effort of mind and energy, a limited production of them is possible.

What should we do?

First, reinforcement of the air defense system in threatened areas. Second, strikes on control centres. Third, the complete destruction and annihilation of the remaining and possible missile production bases. And lastly, diplomatic pressure on donor countries, up to and including military missile threats.

By Anatoly Matviychuk, editor-in-chief of @anna_news.

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🇩🇪🛢"LNG from terminals is already more expensive than Russian pipeline gas - for logistical reasons," Lindner speaks the obvious truth.

That is why the ban on fracking should be cancelled. Energy prices are breaking records and Lindner, the German finance minister, hit the sore point: high prices are for the long term.

I thought the main thing is not care of the environment, but the fight against Russia! In other words, non-green and anti-climatic fracking is not the biggest evil.

💥Source: CSRC Agency.(A-Novosti)
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France had no intention of implementing the 2014-2015 Minsk agreements

The collective West only wanted to buy time to rebuild and arm Ukraine, Francois Hollande has said.

The former French president confirmed this plan in an interview with Kyiv Post.

"Since 2014, Ukraine has strengthened its capacity, it has become very different from what it was in 2014. It has become better trained and better equipped. The merit of the Minsk agreements is that they have provided the AFU this opportunity."

▪️François Hollande was directly involved in the "regulation" of the conflict in Donbas and also in the Minsk 1 and Minsk 2 agreements in 2014-15.

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🇺🇸🇺🇦💰This is no longer the U.S. Capitol building, this is the new Ukrainian National Bank

U.S. radio host Garland Nixon has tweeted his attitude towards financial assistance to Ukraine

💥Source: Операция Z: Военкоры Русской Весны
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🇺🇦🤡Poroshenko, the enthusiast of self-promotion on war, has arrived in Kherson

There he was cheerfully greeted by pro-Ukrainians. As usual, they sang the song of Bandera, shouted Deutschland über alles "Ukraine above all" three times and chanted other nonsense.
Be careful: the footage may induce nausea.

💥Source: Операция Z: Военкоры Русской Весны
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❗️The Armed Forces of Ukraine launched a HIMARS missile attack on a hospital in Pervomaisk.

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New piece of investigation of UK involvement in Crimea bridge attack from The Grayzone

https://thegrayzone.com/2023/01/03/british-spy-tech-ukraine-war/

🔺Leaked files reveal the Anomaly 6 private spy firm is providing intelligence to the British military

🔺The company is using various technologies to establish surveillance by tracking peoples smartphones.

🔺Anomaly 6’s services are provided to Britain’s military through Prevail Partners, a private military company which the publication has exposed before. It claims UK is exploiting Anomaly 6 to provide “decision-enabling intelligence to the UK’s defence and security architecture.”

🔺Files anonymously leaked to this outlet reveal that Britain’s Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) has used Anomaly 6’s technology to monitor and track the movements of Russian military and intelligence personnel in real-time, on both a group and individual basis. Through aggressive harvesting of data, the technology has enabled the planning of military offensives and artillery attacks, assassinations, asset recruitment, and other measures.

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NATO Secretary General urges to be prepared for a long-term conflict in Ukraine

“We have to be prepared for the long haul because, as you have noticed, Russia has no intention of giving up its main goal of taking control of Ukraine,” Jens Stoltenberg said.

▪️Earlier, he called on allies to proceed with arming Ukraine, as this is "the quickest way to peace".

▪️Long-term military support for the AFU, according to him, is needed to ensure negotiations for peace agreement on the Ukrainian authorities' terms.

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European lawyers banned from advising Russian companies on sanctions

The European Commission has updated a clarification on the provision of services under sanctions. It said that EU lawyers cannot provide legal advice to Russian companies on sanctions issues. However, if the issues relate to legal action, such services are allowed. As noted by the European Commission, European lawyers can advise foreign subsidiaries of Russian companies. True, as long as this is not done in the interests of the parent firms and does not help circumvent sanctions.

💥Source: МКА "Народный Адвокат"
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🇬🇧🇺🇦 Rishi Sunak said the UK's economic troubles will not end in 2023 because of Ukraine

"I am not going to pretend that all our problems will go away in the new year. But 2023 will give us the opportunity to showcase the very best of Britain on the world stage," the prime minister said in his video message.

The Prime Minister assured that the United Kingdom will continue to support the Ukrainian authorities despite economic difficulties, Sky News reported.

Summing up the last 12 months, Sunak admitted that 2022 ended up being a tough year for many Britons, who faced an unprecedented rise in energy prices.

Sunak also suggested that the coronation of King Charles on May 6 would bring the country together.

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🔺The number of refugees who have arrived in Europe from Ukraine since the beginning of the Russian military operation has reached almost 8 million people, Kommersant estimated based on data from Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). In the last week alone, the number of refugees has increased by 18,462.

In total, since February 24,
17.1 million people have left Ukraine for neighboring countries, and 9.1 million travelled in the opposite direction.

According to the UNHCR, from February 24, 2022 to January 3, 2023, Russia received the most refugees — 2.8 million.

The number of countries that received more than 100,000 people included:

Poland (1,553,707),
Germany (1,021,667),
Czech Republic (476 025),
Italy (173,231),
Spain (164,705),
United Kingdom (152,200),
Bulgaria (148 451),
France (118,994),
Romania (106,786),
Slovakia (105,205),
Moldova (102 103).

4.9 million refugees participate in national temporary protection and support programs.

Germany admits impossibility of bringing Russia's economy to its knees

The Russian economy is performing well under sanctions, refuting the forecasts of European and US experts. In 2023 the anti-Russian sanctions will also not be able to bring it to its knees, as evidenced by Deutsche Bank and IMF analysts

The reason for the resilience of Russia's financial system is high energy prices on global markets. Moscow has even managed to make a profit, although export volumes have fallen.
Another favourable factor is the presence of Western companies on the Russian market. Only some left Russia, but "most stayed"; if anyone sold businesses, it was to local entrepreneurs. In addition, Russia was able to avoid a shortage of foreign goods in shops by changing suppliers and launching parallel imports.

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❗️Putin ordered ceasefire along the entire line of contact between the warring parties, from 12:00 on January 6 to 24:00 on January 7, for Orthodox Christmas.

And this is Kyiv’s response

https://twitter.com/podolyak_m/status/1611028379771482118?s=21